"The Chu people's army is heartbroken. As long as our army can hold on here for a while, they will definitely collapse on their own. At that time, our army can launch a counterattack and defeat them in one fell swoop, which will be a great achievement!"
Facing the shocked looks of his two to five hundred masters, Li You was very confident.
He has reasons to be confident.
First of all, the Chu army on the opposite side was defeated. Although they were large in number, their own military morale was unstable.
The Qin army was hanging behind them, and before they even took action, the Chu army was frightened to the point of collapse, and deserters appeared along the way.
With such a record just by following behind, if there really was a fight, these Chu people would have to flee in all directions. How could they defeat Li You's five thousand sharp soldiers?
In addition to the Chu army's defeat, Li You was also full of confidence in the five thousand men under his command.
First of all, for more than half a year, he fed and clothed the five thousand people under his command. He paid for them out of his own pocket, provided them with more clothes and shoes, and often expressed his condolences. His closeness was beyond words.
Moreover, through the "Li Paopao" incident, he had killed many slanderous people, allowing his soldiers to see his majesty.
Who would be dissatisfied with such a combination of kindness and power?
Under such circumstances, the five thousand soldiers under his command are still forced to serve him and fight to the death!
"It seems that it is Taiyi... it is Haotian who wants me, Li You, to be famous here. He, Zhao Tuo, used to fight against the Chu State Zuo Sima Zhaoping on the banks of the Si River. Today, I, Li You, will fight on the banks of the Ru River and destroy me.
Ye Sheng, the Right Sima of Chu Kingdom!"
"Zhao Tuo didn't capture Zuo Sima at the beginning, so if I, Li You, can capture You Sima in this battle, wouldn't I be better than Zhao Tuo again?"
Thinking of this, Li You felt his heart beat faster, and he didn't even listen to the advice of his general Gong Ao.
"I will definitely defeat the enemy and win this battle. Don't talk anymore. Gong Ao, I will allocate another 500 troops and horses to you, and then bring along your original 500 elites, so there are 1,000 people."
"You lead these thousand people away from the east side, go around and lie down behind the Chu army. When my army and the Chu people are fighting fiercely, you suddenly lead your army to attack the Chu people. In this way, this battle will be won."
Hearing Li You's words, several other two to five hundred masters also reacted.
"Marquis Li actually wanted to fight with Ru River on his back, just like General Zhao's victory over Surabaya in the past."
"That's it. It seems that our army will win this battle!"
Although Li You was dissatisfied with his subordinates comparing him with Zhao Tuo, now that he saw that several of his two or five hundred subordinates were full of confidence after hearing Zhao Tuo's reputation of fighting against the odds, he had no choice but to suppress his dissatisfaction.
Li You thought to himself: "Zhao Tuo's last stand? Ha, I will perform better than him."
Gong Ao still felt something was wrong in his heart. He thought that with such a big reputation as the Last Stand, would the Chu army be unprepared?
But seeing that the military commander and his colleagues were full of confidence, he couldn't say much, so he could only accept the order and go down, order a thousand men and horses to go east, and find a way around the rear of the Chu army.
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The Chu army arrived faster than expected. Just when Li You led his army to retreat to an open space by the river, and just when the general had more than ten chariots placed horizontally as obstacles, the Chu army had already arrived.
"What are these Qin people doing, not running away?"
On the chariot, Right Sima Ye Sheng looked at the Qin army's formation by the Ru River in the distance, frowning.
In the military discussions before launching the attack, they assumed that the Qin army would most likely choose to retreat in the face of the sudden return of the Chu army to wear down the Chu army. They even made several countermeasures plans for this.
Unexpectedly, when the Chu army returned, the Qin army actually stopped running and instead formed a formation near the water. This move exceeded You Sima's expectations and caught him a little off guard.
At this time, more than 9,000 soldiers of the Chu army had set up military formations under the command of Chu generals at all levels.
The Chu army formed a ring formation and surrounded the Qin army on the river bank.
"It seems that this Qin general wants to turn his back on the water and imitate Zhao Tuo's Battle of Surabaya in the past."
Zheng Zisu took a look and spoke solemnly.
You Sima took a closer look and saw that the opponent was really leaning against Ru River and blocking the chariot in front, forming a complete formation with his back to the water.
"If we form a formation with our backs against the water, then this Qin army will definitely ambush strange soldiers behind us. Let me look at their number...the strange soldiers should be about a thousand people. When our army fights with the Qin army here, they will attack from behind. Come here and attack our army to win."
Right Sima Ye Sheng whispered, and then he raised his finger and pointed at the thousands of black-armored Qin soldiers on the bank of Ru River in the distance, and laughed: "I wonder who the Qin general opposite is? Could he be an idiot!"
"In the past, Zhao Tuo fought his last battle. Firstly, he relied on the rear with no retreat, stimulating the soldiers' ambition to fight to the death. Secondly, he relied on the ambush of the surprising troops, which caught Zhaoping off guard, and he rushed into the formation to seize the flag, which led to our defeat. The army was defeated. Now that I know that there are strange soldiers buried behind him, how can I be fooled by this?"
"You can defeat Zhao Ping in a last-ditch battle, but it's useless to me, Ye Sheng!"
After You Sima finished laughing, he immediately ordered: "The Art of War says that we should surround the division's remains. Pass the order and clear the north side to give those Qin troops a way to escape, lest they have no way to retreat and fight to the death with our army."
"Zisu, you send another two thousand people to form a battle formation behind our army, and send cavalry everywhere to detect the traces of the Qin army's surprise troops."
"As for the thousands of Qin troops in front of us, let's shoot them with our bows and crossbows first, wait until all the arrows are missed, and then launch a fierce attack!"
"only!"
Zheng Zisu accepted the promise and went down to arrange the arrangements.
Soon, the Chu army's formation began to be mobilized. A large number of Chu army's crossbowmen came out, set up their strong bows and crossbows, and fired at the Qin army.
"Cum back for me!"
In the Qin army's formation, Li Youyi ordered the Qin army's archers to counterattack.
Although their number was smaller than that of the Chu army, they had more than a dozen chariots as a barrier, and the two sides would not be at a disadvantage if they fired at each other.
However, Li You couldn't help but look north.
The Chu army's soldiers originally deployed in the north actually moved to the center, vacating all the roads to the north of the Qin army.
In this way, if the Qin army loses the battle, the soldiers can run north without having to fight to the end.
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The situation has changed differently than imagined.
At this time, after the two sides fired for a while, the Chu army's war drums sounded and they officially launched the attack.
The Chu soldiers roared and charged towards the Qin army.
The first batch of charging soldiers were all selected warriors who dared to fight. They had been encouraged by military officials at all levels, saying that this Qin army would not let go of them and would not let the Chu people survive. Those soldiers who escaped would only need to be killed by the Qin army.
If the army caught him, his head would be chopped off in exchange for military honors, so escaping would be a dead end.
Only by defeating the Qin army can they go south safely and escape the pursuit of the Qin army. If You Sima is defeated by the Qin army, the heads of all the Chu people will become the trophies of the Qin army.
Moreover, Ye Sheng also used a strategy, that is, most of these selected warriors had brothers in the army. Therefore, in order for their brothers to survive, they showed more courage during the battle.
In this case, the Chu army's offensive was so fierce that it overwhelmed the Qin army and could only rely on the defense line composed of more than ten tanks to resist it.
"Why are these Chu people not only not defeated, but also becoming more brave?"
In the Qin army's battle formation, Li You looked increasingly frightened.
It shouldn't be. This Chu army has not even started fighting yet, but it has been collapsing along the way, with a large number of deserters. How come it can fight with such ferocity?
Why is this different from what you thought?
In the past, Zhao Tuo resisted the Chu army's attack on the banks of Surabaya with 4,000 soldiers, but it was very difficult. The soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and they all relied on their blood to survive.
Although Li You's soldiers numbered as many as four thousand, they were Nanjun soldiers who had always been called weak.
Moreover, after these people were recruited to the battlefield, they stayed in the military camp for more than half a year without fighting a single battle. They were not familiar with military warfare at all. Even the Cai War just fought relied on hard barriers to resist the Chu army.
The death-defying counterattack did not give them much exercise.
Such an army that lacked war experience was immediately unable to hold its own when it fought against the Chu army, which had more troops than itself, on the banks of Ru River.
After an hour, the Qin army suffered heavy casualties, and even the chariot formation blocking the front was broken through several gaps by the Chu army.
There was already a look of fear on the faces of the remaining three thousand Nanjun soldiers.
"Hold on! Our army still has extraordinary troops. As long as our extraordinary troops attack, the Chu army will be defeated!"
"Son, hold on, I will win this battle! I will not treat you badly!"
"Anyone who dares to escape will be beheaded and exposed to the public, and his family will be in trouble!"
Li You shouted, his face was pale and his forehead was covered with sweat.
The situation was more critical than he expected. If he wanted to win now, he could only rely on Gong Ao's thousand soldiers.
Under Li You's call, the remaining three thousand Qin soldiers became slightly calmer.
On the one hand, military laws are strict, and once you escape from the battlefield, you will be severely punished.
On the other hand, it was Marquis Li who said that they still have the best troops, and as long as they attack, everything will be fine.
"Gong Ao, where are my surprise soldiers!"
Just when Li You and all the Qin soldiers were waiting eagerly, eager to attack with surprise troops and defeat the Chu army.
A thousand strange troops led by Gong Ao arrived. They took a detour from the rear of the Chu army and charged towards the location of Chu's right Sima Dazhen.
But soon, following the report of the Chu army's sentry cavalry, two thousand Chu troops who had been prepared immediately came forward to meet them.
Gong Ao's men were all elite, but one thousand against two thousand. With such a disparity in numbers, and the Chu army being well prepared, they could not break through the Chu army's interception, let alone charge into the formation to capture the flag.
, and even risk being defeated by the Chu army.
"That's all you have?"
Right Sima Ye Sheng couldn't help but sneered when he saw that the Qin army's surprise troops were blocked.
"Come here, announce to the Qin army in Ru River that their army has been defeated by us. If you want to survive, you should flee to the north. Our army is benevolent and righteous, and we will not pursue those who escape!"
Right Sima raised the corner of his mouth slightly and gave the order.
He is not prepared to annihilate the Qin army here, because there is probably the main force of the Qin army from the north on the way. If he annihilates it by force, not only will the Chu army suffer heavy casualties, but it will also delay the Qin army's desperate struggle.
time.
He only needs to defeat this Qin army and make it impossible for the Qin army to entangle.
When the soldiers selected from the Chu army spoke Qin dialect, they shouted the news that the Qin army's extraordinary troops were defeated by the Chu army.
The more than 3,000 Qin soldiers by the Ru River completely collapsed.
They have no desire to fight to the death, and have only relied on military law to survive until now, plus hoping to defeat the enemy with unexpected troops.
Now that Qi Bing has been defeated, if he continues to fight, he will die in vain.
Not to mention that their military commander was known as "Li Paopao" and had a record of once abandoning his soldiers and escaping alone.
Therefore, many Qin soldiers secretly glanced at their own military commander, fearing that he would abandon them and escape alone.
Under such circumstances, some people finally couldn't hold on anymore and turned around and ran towards the north where there was no Chu army guarding them.
A thousand-mile embankment was destroyed by an ant nest.
After seeing one person taking the lead in escaping, the rest of the Qin army would not fight bloody battles with the Chu people. They all spread their legs and ran north.
"My army, my last stand..."
Li You stared at this scene blankly, his face turned ashen, and his eyes had lost their sparkle.
This was obviously a battle for him to avenge his past humiliation and create glory, so how could it turn out like this?
This time, Li You didn't even think about escaping!
I am not Li Paopao!
"Marquis, our army is gone. We will escort the marquis and leave quickly, don't fall into the hands of the Chu people."
A black-faced short-soldier general looked anxious, and without waiting for Li You to nod, he escorted the short-soldier general Li Junhou to the north.
In the distance, Sima You looked at the scene from the chariot and smiled to the left and right: "I have heard that in ancient times, the more ugly girls frowned when they saw Xi Shi's illness, this girl would imitate Xi Shi's example and wince. "When the rich people there saw him, they closed their doors and refused to come out; when the poor people saw him, they grabbed their wives and ran away."
"Looking at it now, the Qin general on the opposite side is also the ugly girl of Yue."
"This man wanted to follow Zhao Tuo's example of fighting against the water, but he didn't know how to adapt to the situation. Instead, he made the world laugh!"
At this time, seeing the Qin army fleeing, the Chu soldiers did not pursue it. A Chu general passed this message on, and thousands of soldiers shouted and laughed: "The Qin general is like a Yue girl who imitates himself and brings humiliation to himself!"
At this time, Li You hadn't run far yet, and he could hear the laughter coming from behind.
Although the Chu people shouted in Chu language, Li Youben was from Shangcai Chu, so he naturally understood the meaning of the words. Moreover, he also knew the allusion of the Yue girl who imitated Xi Shi. Now he saw that the Chu people actually compared themselves to Yue Zhichou who imitated Xi Shi. Female, Li You's face suddenly turned red with anger.
"Damn it, why is Zhao Tuo a Xishi and I am an ugly girl!"
Li You was so angry that he shouted, rolled his eyes, and fainted on the spot.
About ten miles north of Rushui battlefield.
There is a well-organized Qin army heading south.
"Li You's tribe was besieged by the Chu army. They formed a formation on the bank of Ru River to treat each other?"
Ren Xiao received the scout's report and his face was full of surprise.
Facing the Chu army's return attack, shouldn't Li You's correct approach be to lead his troops to retreat in order to defeat the Chu people?
Why did he end up fighting the Chu army on the same spot?
"Could it be that Li You wanted to hold back the Chu people, waiting for my troops to come forward, attack the Chu army together, and capture the right Sima of the Chu Kingdom?"
"Marquis Li Jun is so willing to share the credit, what a good man!"
Ren Xiao was overjoyed and sent an order to his soldiers to speed up their march to meet Li You's troops.